Tommy Lee
Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3, 1962) is an American musician and founding member of Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects. Lee was born Thomas Lee Bass on October 3, 1962, in Athens, Greece, to father David Lee Thomas Bass, an American U.S. Army sergeant, and mother Vassilikki "Voula" Papadimitriou (Greek: Βασιλική Παπαδημητρίου), a Miss Greece contestant for the 1960 Miss World event. His family moved to California a year after he was born. He received his first drum when he was four years old, and his first drum kit when he was a teenager. Lee dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music, starting with the band Suite 19. He has a younger sister, Athena Lee (née Bass), who was also the drummer in his solo band KrunK and was married to James Kottak, the drummer for the rock band Scorpions. As a teenager, Lee listened to Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Cheap Trick, Kiss, AC/DC and Sweet. His main drumming influences were John Bonham, Tommy Aldridge, Alex Van Halen and Terry Bozzio.
Filmography (66 titles)
5.5MovieEvery Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
Self · 2025
8.0MovieMötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
Self · 2023
8.0MovieMachine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
Self · 2023
6.2ShowThe Muppets Mayhem
Tommy Lee · 2023
5.7MovieThe Retaliators
Strip Club DJ · 2022
7.4MovieThe Dirt
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2019
6.7ShowAmerican Idol
Self - Performer · 2018
8.2Movie30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
Self · 2017
8.6MovieMötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
Self · 2016
8.3MovieThe Young Blood Chronicles
The Prince of Darkness · 2014
7.4ShowThe Goldbergs
Professor Lee · 2013
10.0MovieMötley Crüe | Live Side
Self · 2012
6.5ShowCounting Cars
Self - Host · 2012
7.9MovieGod Bless Ozzy Osbourne
Self · 2011
8.5MovieMötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
Self · 2009
7.0MovieMötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
Self · 2009
9.0MovieDear Jack
Narrator · 2009
ShowE!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!
Self · 2008
Battleground Earth
2008
7.6ShowCalifornication
Himself · 2007
7.0ShowVH1 Rock Honors
2006
Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
Drums · 2006
5.9Movie10th & Wolf
Jimmy Tattoo · 2006
5.2MovieDisaster!
Self [Mötley Crüe] (voice) · 2005
7.9MovieMötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
Self · 2005
6.0MovieSteve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
Self · 2005
8.2ShowBones
Self · 2005
6.0ShowTommy Lee Goes to College
2005
6.6MovieComedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
Self · 2005
ShowRockstar
Self · 2005